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abortion
Abrahamic mythologies
abstinence, teacher focus on
Adam and Eve
Adler, Felix
afterlife
child’s perception of
religion’s focus on
agnostic
alienation, buffer against
Allen, Norm R., African-American Humanism
American Academy of Family Physicians
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Camping Association
Angier, Natalie
answers, search for
apologizing
April Fool’s Day
The Arabian Nights
Arent, Ruth P., Helping Children Grieve
Armstrong, Karen
A Short History of Myth
arrogance
arts
as dangerous
literature
music
parenting and
atheism
history of
atheists
charity by
in Christian family
Auden, W.H., “Leap Before You Look”
authoritative parenting
authority
Autumnal Equinox
Aveni, Anthony, The Book of the Year
ayatollahs, in Muslim religion
Babbitt, Natalie, Tuck Everlasting
Baha’i religion
baptism
bar/bat mitzvah ceremony
Barker, Dan
Godless
Maybe Right, Maybe Wrong
“My Father’s House”
Barr, Bob
battles, choosing wisely
Baumrind, Diana
Beliefnet
Belief-O-Matic
beliefs
diversity of
freedom to form
good and bad reasons for
honesty in sharing
loss of
parenting across gap
belonging
Bennett, Helen, Humanism--What’s That?
Bergin, Mark, Inside the Beagle with Charles Darwin
Berkowitz, Marvin
Bettelheim, Bruno
Bible Gateway
biblical literalists
Big Bang theory
birth control
education
The Blank Slate (Pinker)
Bonanno, George
Borba, Michele, Building Moral Intelligence
Boston Medical Center, Good Grief Program
Boxing Day
Boyd, Esther
Brethren of Christ
Brights
Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture
Brooks, Arthur
Brunsman, August
Buckner, Ed
Buddha
Buddhism
Bulgakov, Mikhail, The White Guard
bullying
burial
Butler, Samuel
camouflage egg hunt
Camp Quest
Carter, Angela
Carter, Neil
Catholics
childhood
school
of life
cemetery
censorship
ceremony
bar/bat mitzvah
coming of age
for death in family
humanist
naming
wedding
character
Cherry, Matt
Cherry, Shannon
Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF)
children
choices
discussion on God’s existence
freedom for decisions
impact on religious/nonreligious relationship
as observers
traditional information and
Chinese New Year party
Chisholm, George Brock
choice
Christadelphians
Christianity
branches
early church virtues
mythologies
reaction to atheist teaching
role in ceremonial events
see also Catholics; Protestants
Christmas
church
bond between child and
children’s attendance
curiosity about
reasons for worship
church and state, separation of
classroom proselytizing
Clay, Michelle
Clayton, John C., Alexander Fox and the Amazing Mind Reader
clergy as parent
coexistence, with religion
collaboration
Coloroso, Barbara
Columbine High School shootings
comfort, for grieving child
coming of age
ceremonies
communication, with other adults about grieving child
Communion, First
community
advice for seeking
secular
Sunday Assembly
compromise
conception, nonexistence before
condemnation
confirmation
conflict, between family generations
Confucianism
confusion, in children
connecting to others
Conrad, Heather, Lights of Winter
conservative social philosophy
continents, movement
continuity of life, affirming
conviction
corporal punishment
courage
creationism
critical thinking
Camp Quest focus on
teaching skills for
cultures, holidays from other
curiosity
danger
Darwin, Charles
On the Origin of Species
Darwin Day
Dawkins, Richard
The God Delusion
The Magic of Reality
Unweaving the Rainbow
Day of the Dead
death
affirmations needed
child’s view of
in difficult situations
discussion with child
fear of
inclusion of children
of Jesus
naturalistic view of
of pets
responding to religious doctrines and cultural images
in secular family
deceiving children, about Santa Claus
deconversion stories
dedication
demandingness
Dennett, Daniel
dinosaurs
discipline plan
disease, death from
dissonance
distress
diversity
embracing
DNA
Dobson, James, The New Dare to Discipline
Donnelly, Jennifer, A Gathering Light
doubt
Dougy Center Ways to Help a Grieving Child
Dougy Center for Grieving Children & Families
Durkheim, David Emile, Suicide
Earth Day
Earth Day Network
Easter
Ecclesiastes
education, secular schooling
Eliot, George, Middlemarch
emotional development
emotions, validating child’s
empathy
for believers
empowerment
Emswiler, James and Mary Ann, Guiding Your Child Through Grief
environment, child’s study of
Epicurus
Espeland, Pamela, Knowing and Doing What’s Right
ethical behavior
ethical children
Ethical Culture movement
coming-of-age programs
Ethical Movement
Ethical Society
evangelical Christianity
evangelist
Evans, Pippa
Eve, disobedient curiosity of
evidence
evil
evolution
awe and wonder of
book recommendations
camouflage egg hunt
Christianity and
dinosaurs
natural history museum
by natural selection
as part of routine
science of
simplicity in explanation
toys and games for studying
Evolution: Education and Outreach
existential
expectations
of conformity
parents creating
experience, death as end
exploration
facial expressions
fairness, development of
fairy tales
faith
child’s choices, and parental love
as choice
dialogue about
profession of
faith literacy
fallibility, embracing
family, faith of
fear
from death discussion
from religion
feelings
Festivus
First Communion
Flynn, Tom
folk tales
force, vs. reason
Foundation Beyond Belief
Franklin, Benjamin
freedom
Freedom From Religion Foundation
freethinking
B. Russell and
by child
Freethought Today
fundamentalism
funeral ceremonies
inclusion of children
gay marriage
gay rights
Gaylor, Annie Laurie
Women Without Superstition
generosity
Gershoff, Elizabeth Thompson
GI Bill educational benefits
Gibbon, Edward
Gibbons, Kendyl
Girl Scout Promise
God
anxiety over
discussion of existence
and moral development
and Santa
The God Delusion (Dawkins)
The God Who Wasn’t There (DVD)
godparents
gods, as stories
gold
good, being and doing
grandparents, relationship with
gratitude
Grayling, A.C.
The Good Book
Meditations for the Humanist
Greece, myths
grief
helping child with
learning
of parents
processing
Grief Beyond Belief (group)
grief counseling
Grimm’s tales
Grusec, Joan
Grych, John
guilt
Hamilton, Virginia, In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World
Harburg, Edgar Yipsel “Yip”
“Before and After”
“A Nose Is a Nose Is a Nose”
“Small Comforts”
“Take Two Tablets and Call Me in the Morning”
“We’ve Come a Long Way, Buddy”
Harris, Annaka, I Wonder
Hartwell-Walker, Marie
Haught, James A., 2000 Years of Disbelief
Haven, Kendell, New Year’s to Kwanzaa
heaven
belief in
discussion of
family discussion
as lie
hell
discussion of
Henry, Patrick
Hensler, Rebecca
Hera
Hermes
Hesiod
Hinduism
Hirsch, E.D., Dictionary of Cultural Literacy
hobby, with social element
holidays
holy
homeschooling, vs. school
homosexuality
honesty
in dealing with grief
hubris
human goodness
human judgment, limitations of
human nature, pessimistic view by Christianity
humanism
in arts
humanist epiphany
humanist groups, coming-of-age rituals
humanist meetup group
Humanist Society
Humanistic Judaism
HumanLight
humans, evolution and
humility
Humphrey, Sandra McLeod, If You Had to Choose
Hutton, Will
Huxley, Thomas, death of son
hypothesis
identity
idolatry
Ig Nobel Awards
Ignatius Loyola (saint)
ignorance, from religion
imagination
imagination memory
immorality, silence on
independence
summer camp and
independent thinking
see also freethinking
individualism, and suicide
individuality in children
celebrating
indoctrination
induction
infancy, emotional aspects of morality
influence
Ingersoll, Robert G.
intellectual freedom
intolerance
Islam
on disobedient woman
isolation
Jainism
JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association)
Jenkins, Steve, Life on Earth
Jesus
Jesus Christ Superstar (DVD)
Jewish culture
bar/bat mitzvah
mythologies
secular expression of
Jillette, Penn
joint attention
Jones, Sanderson
Judaism
Kabat-Zinn, Jon
Kellogg, John Harvey
Kids are Worth It! (Coloroso)
Knight, Margaret, “Morals Without Religion”
Kohlberg, Lawrence
Kohn, Alfie, Unconditional Parenting
Konner, Melvin, The Tangled Wing
Kurtz, Paul
language
tradition and
Law, Stephen
The Complete Philosophy Files
The War for Children’s Minds
laws
laying on of hands
Levi, Primo, If This Is a Man
Libby Anne
liberal philosophy
life messages, for children
life satisfaction
listening, to grieving child
literature
Lot’s wife
love
evidence of
lying
Macdonald, Fiona, Inside the Beagle with Charles Darwin
Madison, James, Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments
Mary (mother of Jesus), Roman Catholic beliefs
masturbation
Mather, Anne, Character Building Day by Day
Matthews, Gareth
McKerracher, Be-Asia
Secular Parenting in a Religious World
Medhus, Elisa
Everyday Heroes
Raising Children Who Think for Themselves
memories
metaphysical
Methodist church
Metskas, Amanda
Mill, John Stuart, Autobiography
Miller, Arthur, The Crucible
Miller, Katherine
Miller, Matt, Facing Cancer Without God
mindfulness
minister as parent
mixed marriage
and christening
and circumcision
survey of
surviving
modeling
parents behavior
monkeys, evolution and
moral
moral development
education
national conversation on
research
secular approach
in secular family
moral reasoning
development of
morality
and evil
learning about
mortality
confronting
see also death
mother’s faith, honoring
Muggletonians
music
Muslim religion, ayatollahs in
myth
avoiding common
naming ceremonies
natural history museum
natural selection, evolution by
Nature (journal)
Nazi era
neutral views
new ideas, sharing with children
Newman, Emily
nice actions
Noah’s Ark
nonconformity, courage for
nonexistence
nonreligious population
nontheistic religious communities
introductions
Norway
Humanist Confirmation program in
Nova (PBS)
Nucci, Larry
nurturance
obedience to rules, teaching questioning
observation
Oliner, Pearl
Oliner, Samuel
organized religion, loss of interest in
otherness
feelings of
of the world
Ozment, Katherine
Grace Without God
pagans
rituals
Pandora
Parenting Beyond Belief
parenting for character
empowerment
induction
modeling
nurturance
parents
blogs and books for nonreligious
of ethical children
and moral development
motivation for philosophy
as role models
role of
shared experience of
Patheos
Pearce, Jonathan
peer interactions, and moral development
Pentecostalism
pets, death of
Pew Forum
Pew Research Center, Religious Landscape Survey (2014)
Pfeffer, Wendy, The Shortest Day
Philliber Research Associates
philosophy, consolations of
Pinker, Steven, The Blank Slate
Plato
Euthyphro
philosophy
Pledge of Allegiance
pope, as authority
prayer
prediction
preschool
pretending
pride
teaching
as virtue
private schools
Prometheus
proselytize
Protestants
Proverbs
public schools
role in moral education
separation of church and state
support of
Pullman, Philip
His Dark Materials
Northern Lights
punishment
and right vs. wrong
purity obsession
Quakers
freedom to ask
on Santa Claus
Ramadan
Randi, James
Randolph, A. Philip
reason
vs. force
reasoning
Camp Quest focus on
religion
children learning about
children raised without
as dangerous
exposure to many
and hatred, fear, and prejudice
as human response
humanizing
and need for community
options for challenging intrusions
and response to human condition
secular parents sharing about
social aspects
traditions and
Religion in the Public School Curriculum
religious community
religious discussions
age for
engaging children in
religious holidays
religious identity, child’s
religious liberty
protecting
religious literacy
religious people, diversity in
religious relatives, dissonance with
religious wonder
religious zealots
religiously unaffiliated
marriage to religious partner
religious partner of
religious/nonreligious couple
see mixed marriage
resilience in grief
respect
for boundaries
from children
teaching
responsibility
Réveillé-Parise, Joseph-Henri
revelation
belief and
right vs. wrong
reward and
variations in
rites of passage
ritual
for death in family
see also ceremony
rod
Roman Catholics, beliefs on Mary, mother of Jesus
Rome, myths
Rosa, Emily
Rosh Hashanah
Rothman, Juliet Cassuto, A Birthday Present for Daniel
rules
complying with
Russell, Bertrand
Autobiography
Why I Am Not a Christian
Russell, Wendy Thomas
Relax, It’s Just God
sacred
sadness from death, validating child’s
Sagan, Carl
Santa Claus
school
administrators
classroom proselytizing
support of public
science
of evolution
and humility
Scientific American Frontiers
scientific worldview
Sears, William
“secular”
secular community
secular family, death in
secular humanism
secular Judaism
secular parenting
approaches
authentic
secular schooling
Secular Seasons, website
secular virtues
courage
empathy
generosity
gratitude
honesty
humility
Seidel, Andrew
self-confidence
self-discipline
self-esteem
summer camp and
self-image, negative
selfishness
self-respect
separation of church and state
Seventh-Day Adventists
shame
Shragg, Karen, A Solstice Tree for Jenny
silence, on immorality
simplicity, in evolution explanation
skepticism
social approval
social capital
social contract, level of moral reasoning
social emotions, positive or negative
social experiences, in arts
social justice
social support
socializing children
solitude
Southern Baptists
on separation of church and state
space, child’s need for
spanking
spiritual fitness
St. Patrick’s Day
Stock, Gregory, The Kid’s Book of Questions
stories, sharing
suicide, and individualism
summer camp
Summer Solstice
Sunday Assembly
Sunday school
Supers
superstition
Sweeney, Julia
Letting Go of God
sympathy
Tanquist, Stu
Taoism
teachers
personal meeting with
religion restrictions
Ten Commandments, for talking about religion
Thanksgiving
theism
theology
consolations of
theory of mind
Therapeutic Touch (TT)
Thomas, Pat, I Miss You; A First Look at Death
Thomas Aquinas
Thoreau, Henry, on knowledge
thunder
time, choices for using
timeline, on butcher paper
tolerance
toys and games, for evolution study
traditions
holidays from other
importance of
of others
in Roman Catholicism
transubstantiation
traumatic death
Trooien, Chrystine, Christian Mythology for Kids
Trozzi, Maria, Talking with Children About Loss
trust
in children
evidence and
in Jesus
truth
Twain, Mark
Huckleberry Finn
“Little Bessie Would Assist Providence”
unconditional love
Unitarian Universalist (UU) movement
characteristics
definition
focus on good
formation
United Nations, agreements on freedom of conscience
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
universal ethical principles
universe
history of
unknown, acknowledging
values
importance of
teaching of
values assessments
vernal equinox
violence, death by
virtue
vocabulary, development of
volunteer work
in grieving process
vouchers
Walters, Sheila
websites
on secular celebrations and holidays
“Understanding Evolution”
YouTube channels
wedding ceremonies
welcoming ceremonies, for baby or young child’s arrival
Weldon, Louise, Character Building Day by Day
White, E.B., Charlotte’s Web
Wicca
Willson, Jane Wynne
Funerals Without God
New Arrivals
Parenting Without God
Sharing the Future
Wine, Sherwin
Wing, Natasha, The Night Before Easter
Winter Solstice
Wolfelt, Alan, Healing the Bereaved Child
women
blame for evil
reproductive rights
wonder
World Religions Conference (2005)
worship, reasons for
Wykoff, Jerry, 20 Teachable Virtues
youth group
Zuckerman, Phil
Living the Secular Life
Society Without God